The MAKS 2007 event has lofty aspirations, but is it ready yet to surpass the Paris Air Show? For hard-core aviation fans, it may not matter.The distance between France and Russia is more than just half a continent. You can see it in everything from drink (wine vs. vodka) to...
RE: Nine out of 10 corporate PCs can run Windows 7 ... but that's not the whole storyMost corporate PCs were not updated to Vista, because Vista didn't add any additional values; required more powerful hardware and had a very bad name from the start.Most companies will also not upgrade...
Long ago......people gave up any semblance of being able to separate the message from the messenger. We saw it with the anti-Bush tirades, we see it now with the anti-Obama (and the anti-anti-Obama) tirades, as we see it in the anti-Microsoft tirades. Microsoft could announce that the sun was going...
Engineers at Aeronvironment AV of Monrovia, California, have demonstrated the world's first successful flight of the smallest ever self-powered, rudderless, aircraft with flapping wings. The nano air vehicle NAV is modeled after a large insect or small bird, such as a hummingbird. It can hover indoors under...
The historic Apollo 11 mission in July of 1969 culminated in the first manned moon landing. While many of the proud Americans who were involved in that project are no longer with us 40 years later, the technologies they built still live on, will be further refined, and will return...
The historic Apollo 11 mission in July of 1969 culminated in the first manned moon landing. While many of the proud Americans who were involved in that project are no longer with us 40 years later, the technologies they built still live on, will be further refined, and will return...
The historic Apollo 11 mission in July of 1969 culminated in the first manned moon landing. While many of the proud Americans who were involved in that project are no longer with us 40 years later, the technologies they built still live on, will be further refined, and will return...
Intel said Thursday that it would acquire Wind River, which makes software for embedded devices, in a deal valued at $884 million. With the move Intel is making a move to diversify into software and away from its dependence on the PC and server markets. The chip...
If you're a defense contractor, here's hoping you haven't shared anything at work via P2P. Computer systems located in Iran, North Korea, China, and Russia are scouring computer peer-to-peer file-sharing networks such asLimeWire, FrostWire, Shareaza, and Ares Galaxy for classified information that...
Microsoft cancels oral hearing in EC browser-bundling caseOpera = Euro companyDo you really expect the EC to rule AGAINST one of their own, regardless if it's Redmond or any other U.S. company?M$ tries to delaybut the comission won't buy it.M$ should better pony up the money and GPL windoze.If no...
GKN plc (LON: GKN) is a leading global supplier to the world's automotive and aerospace manufacturers. As a global company, GKN faced a spread-out workforce and disconnected processes. Its workforce performance, goals management, and learning and development processes were separate and inefficient. GKN needed to streamline and connect all of...
As a full-rate production facility providing reliable, high-quality electronic manufacturing services and solutions, Symetrics Industries is an AS9100/ISO 9001- 2000 registered company that designs, manufacturers and tests aerospace and defense (A&D) systems for both the U.S. government and other governments around the world. To improve its competitive position, support future...
SABCA is a leading Belgian Aerospace company since more than 86 years, employing 1000 highly trained persons. SABCA deployed DIGIPASS. VASCO's server authentication platform, VACMAN Controller, that is natively integrated in aXs GUARD. This would allow SABCA-employees to get secure remote access to the network via a one-time password. This...
Storage vendor Western Digital announced today that it has completed a $65 million cash acquisition of SiliconSystems, Inc. of Aliso Viejo, Calif., a leading supplier of solid-state drives for the embedded systems market. SiliconSystems' portfolio includes SSDs with SATA, EIDE, PC Card, USB and CF interfaces in...
Kreisler Industrial supplies the aerospace industry with specialized tubing, primarily for jet engines. The company works with exotic alloys and expensive special materials, requiring complete traceability of all parts and supplies. Using a lean manufacturing process to reduce the cost of raw materials, the company faced challenges because accounting and...
AAR has more than a half-century of experience serving the needs of its commercial airline and government defense customers with a wide range of aviation/aerospace products and value-added services. To deliver that information and ensure quality and safety throughout the aviation supply chain, AAR relies on more than 35 production...
Oracle said Wednesday that it is acquiring Primavera Software, which makes project portfolio management software. The purchase of Primavera--terms weren't disclosed statement--highlights how Oracle is content to acquire smaller firms instead of big bang purchases like BEA at the moment. On Oct. 1, Oracle...
The UK's leading privately owned Aerospace Company, specialising in design, development, maintenance, modification and conversion of Military, Civil and Corporate Aircraft. The company needed a web-based Portal to disseminate Health and Safety information to over 2,000 personnel across several sites. In 2002, the company deployed Oracle9iAS portal technology, a web-based...
Honeywell Aerospace, a division of Honeywell International, manufactures and provides integrated avionics, engines, systems, and services to the global aerospace industry. In an effort to further strengthen security and ease maintenance and support, the company is deploying a standardized set of applications to each employee's computer. To take advantage of...
The Linux computing crowd smells blood and wants to make a run at Microsoft's Vista operating system. Coinciding with LinuxWorld, IBM, Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu, Novell and Red Hat issued a joint statement promising "Microsoft free" desktops across the globe. I doubt it...
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